Carrie MacLemore (left) and Megalyn Echikunwoke in 'Damsels in Distress'

Greta Gerwig (center) is also excellent in Whit Stillman's vastly under-seen, under-praised comedy, but the film's discoveries are MacLemore and Echikunwoke, crucial parts of a social group whose various delusions make them unified by their isolation and bizarre theories. Also: They're really, really funny but don't necessarily know it.

Greta Gerwig (center) is also excellent in Whit Stillman's vastly under-seen, under-praised comedy, but the film's discoveries are MacLemore and Echikunwoke, crucial parts of a social group whose various delusions make them unified by their isolation and bizarre theories. Also: They're really, really funny but don't necessarily know it.